Semi-localizations of semi-abelian categories (Q258215)

The main aim of the present paper is to present a theory of semi-localizations in regular categories (Section 2) which is an extension of some similar localizing processes applied in abelian categories. These are applied this to various particular, but important, cases of semi-abelian categories: exact Mal'tsev categories (Section 3), protomodular categories (Section 4), semi-abelian categories (Section 5). Moreover, it is well known that hereditary torsion theories play an important role in the study of abelian categories. In Section 6 a study of hereditary torsion theories in semi-abelian categories is realized.